FEDERAL HIGH COURT NIGERIA JUDGE

HON.JUSTICE P.I.AJOKU

JUDGE, FEDERAL HIGH COURT NIGERIA

NAME: Mrs.Ajoku Patricia Iroawuchi

DATE OF BIRTH: 7th March, 1960

NATIONALITY: Nigerian

STATE OF ORGIN: Imo

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Owerri North

MARITAL STATUS: Married

NUMBER OF CHILDREN: Two

DISPOSITION: Quiet, Cheerful, Patient and Highly Principled

LANGUAGE SPOKEN: English and Igbo

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED:

Holy Rosary Primary School Okigwe – 1964 – 1969

Girls Secondary School Ihioma –Orlu – 1970 -1974

Queens High School Enugu – 1974 – 1976

Holborn Law Tutors- London -1979 – 1980

University of London – 1980 – 1983

Nigerian Law School – Lagos – 1983 -1984

University of Lagos – 2000 -2002

University of Lagos - 2006

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

First School Leaving Certificate – 1969

West African School Certificate – 1974

Advanced Level Certificate – 1976 and 1980

LL.B (Hons) Degree in Law – 1983

B.L. (Hons) – 1984

LLM (Masters degree in Law) -2002

Phd Laws (Doctorate in Law – on going) -2006

PREVIOUS WORKING EXPERIENCE

National Youth Service Corps Audit Department

Nigeria Airways,Ikeja,Lagos (1985)

Kusamotu,Olojo & Co.Legal Practitioners 37 Marina (April – Nov.1986)

State Counsel – federal Ministry of Justice – (1986)

Department of Civil Litigation – April 1986 – Nov 1986.

Legal Department of the Federal Ministry of Works & Housing – 1986 to 1994

Legal Department of the Nigerian custom Services – 1994 to 2000

Department of Public Prosecutions – 2000

US Department of Justice on trial Advocacy Training – Sept 2005

Judge, Federal High Court – 03/01/2008

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